This in Focus examines the result of the recent Presidential election in Argentina.
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On 22 November 2015, Argentines elected the leader of the centre-right ‘Let’s Change’ coalition, Mauricio Macri, as the country’s new President. His election marks the end of the so-called ‘Kirchner era’; the previous 12 year period when outgoing President Fernández de Kirchner, and her late husband and predecessor, Néstor Kirchner, governed the country. This paper examines the background to the Presidential election and some of the challenges awaiting the President-elect. Moreover, this paper considers how the election may affect the ongoing territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK over the Falkland Islands.
Presidential Elections in Argentina (133 KB , PDF)
While international attention has largely been focused on the Middle East and Ukraine, the civil war in Sudan continues. The UN has characterised the conflict as the “world’s largest hunger crisis”. As peace negotiations stall, concerns are rising not only for the people of Sudan but also about the conflict spreading to neighbouring states.
This briefing provides a summary of a recent report by the international children’s rights charity Save the Children entitled ‘Stop the war on children: Let them live in peace’, as well as UK government policy in this area. It has been prepared ahead of Baroness Anelay of St Johns’ (Conservative) upcoming debate on 12 September 2024 on the government’s assessment of the impact of international conflict on children and the recommendations proposed in Save the Children’s report.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill seeks to allow the UK government to treat the CPA and the ICRC in a manner comparable to international organisations of which the UK is a member. This status change would allow the government to confer certain privileges and immunities on the two organisations. A previous version of the bill was introduced in the 2023-24 parliamentary session.
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